The other day I did a post on an argument my wife and I had about Chomsky that turned on the question of whether Chomsky bit his tongue on Israel till his parents died. Reader Marla Erlien says the premise of the argument is wrong:
Just to let you know–Chomsky did speak out against Israel
from at least 1973–he published a book in, I think, 1974 which
expressed some sympathy for a binational state, although he stood by a
practical implementation of two states. Also he was the kind of Zionist
that did not support a nation state, so he was never really a supporter
of a "Jewish State." Since his father didn't die until 1977, the
information you got was quite wrong. Also, his mother came from a
family of left-wing radicals which profoundly influenced Chomsky. You
can google the book and there are are other discussions of his youth on
line, but he has talked about his during lectures. He's very clear
there were very different kinds of Zionism and opposed the one that
won–the creation of a state. This web page has Chomsky's writings in
the NY Review of Books–very interesting.
from at least 1973–he published a book in, I think, 1974 which
expressed some sympathy for a binational state, although he stood by a
practical implementation of two states. Also he was the kind of Zionist
that did not support a nation state, so he was never really a supporter
of a "Jewish State." Since his father didn't die until 1977, the
information you got was quite wrong. Also, his mother came from a
family of left-wing radicals which profoundly influenced Chomsky. You
can google the book and there are are other discussions of his youth on
line, but he has talked about his during lectures. He's very clear
there were very different kinds of Zionism and opposed the one that
won–the creation of a state. This web page has Chomsky's writings in
the NY Review of Books–very interesting.
